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Workers’ safety, apparel trade at risk from extreme heat: NYU

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Extreme heat is fast turning one of the most serious threats to worker safety and supply chain resilience in the global apparel industry, a NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights report said.
Rising temperatures and humidity are already disrupting factory output, reducing productivity, damaging product quality, harming worker health and driving up absenteeism across South and Southeast Asia.Extreme heat is fast turning one of the most serious threats to worker safety and supply chain resilience in the global apparel industry, a NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights report said.
Rising temperatures and humidity are already disrupting factory output, reducing productivity, damaging product quality, harming worker health and driving up absenteeism across South and Southeast Asia.